Continued from Skagway Sled Dog Experience After our morning kissing puppies during our Musher’s Camp & Sled Dog Experience excursion up the road from Skagway in Dyea during our Alaskan cruise on Ruby Princess last summer, we returned to the ship to change, grab a city guide and drop off our coats (it was heating up). […]
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Alaskan Cruise: Skagway Part 1 (Sled Dog Experience)
Continued from Ketchikan The last Alaskan stop on our Alaskan Cruise on Ruby Princess last summer was in Skagway, a beautiful gold rush mining town turned top summer destination that sits on the mouth of a river surrounded by mountains. The port is picturesque and dominated by cruise ships and trains. This post contains affiliate links. […]
Alaskan Cruise: Ketchikan
Continued from Juneau Part 2 (City Highlights) The first stop on our Alaskan Cruise on Ruby Princess last summer was in Ketchikan, a small seaside town in southeast Alaska surrounded by Tongass National Forest only accessible by boat or plane. As a first introduction to Alaska, this was rugged and beautiful, everything I had hoped Alaska […]
Alaskan Cruise: Juneau Part 2 (City Highlights)
Continued from Juneau Part 1 (Mendenhall Glacier) After our Mendenhall Glacier Helicopter Tour excursion during our Alaskan cruise on Ruby Princess last summer, we had the rest of the day in Juneau on our own. Across the street from where our ship was docked is Mount Roberts Tramway, an aerial cable tram that takes passengers […]
Alaskan Cruise: Juneau Part 1 (Mendenhall Glacier)
Continued from Tracy Arm Fjord Scenic Cruising When we first booked excursions for our Alaskan Cruise on Ruby Princess last summer, we were planning on just going to the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center so we could see a glacier. But then I thought: “screw that…I want to walk on the glacier” knowing that getting to walk on the […]
Alaskan Cruise: Scenic Cruising Tracy Arm Fjord
You’ll never forget your first iceberg! Waking up at 5:00 am on vacation might seem ridiculous, except when on an Alaskan cruise taking a detour up a fjord. So that’s exactly what we did. On our way to Juneau from Ketchikan during our Alaskan cruise on Ruby Princess last May, we turned into Tracy Arm […]
Checking an Alaskan Cruise off the Bucket List
Last May we checked a huge destination item off our travel bucket list: an Alaskan cruise. We left hot and humid Houston for cold (to us) and rainy Seattle, and spent 48 sleepless hours exploring Seattle before our 7-day cruise to Ketchikan, Juneau, and Skagway in Alaska, and Victoria, British Columbia in Canada. […]
A Weekend Getaway in Fredericksburg
Every year for our anniversary, my husband and I usually go on a cruise. However this March we are going on a big cruise for my 40th birthday (yeah that’s not a typo, I’m still trying to wrap my head around it myself). And by big I mean many many vacation days planned, several countries on the […]
A Wine Trail to Woodinville from Seattle
One of my favorite aspects of traveling is wine touring. Any country, any state, and even any nearby city. I enjoy the change of scenery and climate, tasting room atmosphere, and of course the wines. To me, part of traveling is tasting the flavors of place. So when we spent 48 Sleepless Hours in Seattle […]